WestCoast Children’s Clinic

David Perry; Danna Basson; Selena Cuevas; Charlie Tebow

Keywords: Best Practices; Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children; Data Collection; Gender Non-Conforming Youth; Homeless Youth; Transgender Youth; Youth Experiences;

One of the most prevalent assumptions about the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) is that the youth who are exploited are primarily cisgender girls and young women. Providers need to be made aware that boys and TGNC youth experience exploitation, and they need to be educated about how to identify and support these youth. In particular, they need CSEC training that counteracts common stereotypes about exploitation, such as that boys cannot be trafficked, that TGNC youth choose to be exploited, and that survival sex is not CSE. WestCoast Children’s Clinic strongly recommends that agencies adopt universal screening in order to circumvent bias and identify a wider range of youth experiencing exploitation. [Summary adapted from resource.]

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Exploitation and Gender: Increasing the Visibility of Cismale, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming Youth